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20 Persuasive Essay Topics For College Students

College students are one of many millions of people that on a daily basis engage in persuasive discussion. The following topics are food for thought on what to write a persuasive essay on and some ideas for the topics, regardless of how asinine:

Intervention in the Middle East

Lowering the voting age in America

Enforcing all college students to study abroad

Restricting the amount of cars a family can own

Replacing grades with pass/fail marks

Allowing any female no matter her age to receive an abortion

Placing higher taxes on processed foods

Extending the school day

Free tuition for students in high demand majors

Forgiving all college loans for graduates after 2000

Enforcing junior college on students before entering a university

Revoking affirmative action in school and job placements

Raising the drinking age in all countries to 21

Enforcing everyone to re-take their driver’s test every 5 years

Making each continent have one standard currency

Making everyone serve in the military for 2 years prior to college or university

Enforcing an entrance exam for high school

Enforcing abstinence only sex education in schools

Lowering the tuition costs for students

Enforcing everyone in the world to learn English

Intervention in the Middle East

Either side, whether military presence should be there or not.

Lowering the voting age in America

Allowing 16 years old to vote in elections.

Enforcing all college students to study abroad

A worldly mind will be able to solve worldy problems.

Restricting the amount of cars a family can own

With pollution on the rise, families can now only own one vehicle.

Replacing grades with pass/fail marks

Labeling students as a number brings down their self-esteem instead they pass or fail.

Allowing any female no matter her age to receive an abortion

Mistakes happen, but we should not let them ruin their life.

Placing higher taxes on processed foods

These foods make a person fat, so to avoid getting fat they should be taxed more.

Extending the school day

Students do not learn enough in school, therefore they should stay an extra 3-4 hours.